For some schools, like U. of Delaware or U. of Kansas, I don’t think going for environmental engineering would affect her chances at all. At schools in the Lower Probability to Likely categories, maybe it would decrease her chances by a tier, but I’m not entirely sure. At Purdue her chances would likely decrease by at least two tiers. The more popular the engineering program in comparison to the rest of the school, the bigger the effect on her chances for admission. But it’s important to dig into the admissions stats for each school by the college into which she is applying (i.e. college of arts & sciences vs. college of engineering), and I don’t know enough to make well-educated guesses for how much of an effect it will have on each school.
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